BALANITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balanitis mean? 

• BALANITIS (noun)
  The noun BALANITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the head of the penis

  Familiarity information: BALANITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALANITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the head of the penis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("balanitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include phimosis, balanitis, and hypospadias.

(Penile Non-Neoplastic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include phimosis, balanitis, and hypospadias.

(Penile Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include prostatitis, balanitis, phimosis, endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

(Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include prostatitis, balanitis, and phimosis.

(Male Non-Neoplastic Reproductive System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)